Device for binding hay on wagons.



No. 702,520. Patented June I7',v 1902.

. J. H. WINTERUWD. A.

DEVICE FR BINDING HAY N WEDNS.

(Application led Feb.- 18, 1902.)

(Re Model.)

[a citizen of .the United'statesvrsicing mi Le.,

UNITED ASrri'iuesf PATENT' (Diarios.

JAMES -WINTERow'D.,LoF LEGRAND, IOWA..

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'srncrrzoncrzonforming 'partes peeters Patent Noizoe'seo, rea .iene ragt 902.

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.To dit whom, it may erinnern/:ifi I Be it known that I, J AMES lill.W.Ininfinitif!),v

grond, in the county oi' "Marshallaud State of Iowa, have invented a newand useful De.-`

vice for" Binding Hayon Wa the following. 1s a specification.

My object is to facilitate bindings.' load of.

hay securely andadvantageously onra 'wagon as required for transportation and readily My invention consists in loosening the hay as required for removing he construction,

arrangement, and combination .of parte,v as hereinafterset forth,pointedoutin myclaims, y

and illustrated in the accompanying draw'- center of the. frame is fulc'ruiued a liandvleve Figure 1 is a perspective view of 'meohanl l ism connected with a rigid frame adapted to be placed outer? of a load of `hay in lieu of a pole for stretching and fastening ropes con'-4 nected with a hay-rack on a wagon.

an enlarged detail vie'w of a section of the rigid frame and operating devicesconnectedj therewith for stretching and fastening ropes. Fig. 3 is a top view of a load of hay,sl1owiu, g*^` my invention in position on the hay as ire?.

frame, preferably made of cast metal.v It

has axdovetail grooveextended fromend to end, and ttedin the groove areparallelrncks. l2 and13, adapted tol slide in reverse Ways inIV the groove. The outer'end of each rck'ha'sf au enlargement 14,y adapted te engage-the en of the frame 10, and oonneoted'withitheen largement are rings or loops 15 for detae ably connecting ropes therewith. {To .th

16, and in an'opeuing in'thelowiendof the lever is.. pivoted a duplex pawl 1.7 inanlin.- clinedposition, as shownin Figrj, nslucha4 'manner that one of the ends willf'en'gage' the" 'rack 12 and the other therack`13, asre'quired, rev rse ways when 'the to-move the racks in leveris vibratedv. i

Spring-actuatedpawl's 1B andy 19 'are -lnou'nte'din bearings 20, formed on or xed Vto the ends of the frame 1D injsuch amanner that the pawls will engage the sliding racks 12 and i 13, as required, to'llock the racks against outgOn'S" 0f Whish',

' lRopes 25, adapted to be fixed to -the Fig .2 is

by-rneanszof t'he'leverv for' stretchingropesframe 10,;groo'ves 21 are formed in the sides Sol? eachirack, 4as shown in Fig. 2, and elbow- .tiie' Vframe and their free ends extended' ,throughl Aperfjorations in the frame Ato terminate in the grooves and to engage the-shoul*l f. dex-sat' the en'dsfof the grooves.` One of the racks 'isfpreferably providedl with a' longitudinal groove23 and theother with'a, tongue `24;,assl1own in Fig. 2, -for s ,lidalolyoon-nect-` iugtheir inside-faces. v

ners at the ends-of a `hay-rack one. wagoiiby tying olf-in any suitable wa'y, are: provided.

Ashaped detente 22 are fixed tothe outside of cor- . 55' tward too far Aand disconnected from the; l

' .with lioolsif25l on their free ends for` d etaehl :ably connecting'the ropes-with the `loops 15 'on theen'd's'o'f the-racks 1,2 and 1 3-, as vshown .fin Fig. 3, in such' a mauner'-that when the ropes are'stretchedy 'they will, compress :the 'hay fatthe corners of lthe load of hay ona frame/'11), extended on-,a centrallin'e of the To stretch'the-ropes when in position on 'a wagon Aand inv combination with the rigid' 1oad5seourely bind the hay on the wagon.

'I Ondofhay, asfshown in Fig.3, the lever 16; l

retainthem locked, asv required, to prevent ,othersv familiar wit-inthe art to which it pertains, and what I claini as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-- e straight frame having a longitudinal groove -s'truet'ion,y application, and operation, of my' Qinvejntiou, its practical operation and utility. will be'readily understood'byffarmers and.y

aanhef-readily manuallyoperated, as required, to draw theraeksr112-end- 13v inward by suc- .eessivfe motions,' and the-pawls-lSj'and 19 will s i e 5 outward'motionsand the relaxing ofthe force .thus applied -for stretching lthe fropes'. vand 'bindings load 'of hay 0n' iwagong. To-loosen ICD 1. In a devicefo'rbinding hay on awagon, t

'the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. In a device for binding hayina wagon,

a straight frame having a longitudinal groove in its top extending from-end to end, two straight racks fitted in the groove to slide in reverse Ways, means for fastening ropes tov the ends of the racks, a lever Eulcrumed to the central portion of the frame, a duplex pawl pivoted in a recess at the lower end of the lever to alternately engage the slidable racks,.

pa'wls mounted at the ends of lthe frame to engage the racks, grooves in the outside faces of the racks and devices fixed to the frameto enter the grooves, arranged and combined to operate inthe manner set forth for the purposes stated.

' In a device for binding hay on a wagon, a straight frame having a longitudinal groove in its top extending from end `to end, two

straight racks fitted in the groove to slide in rel verse Ways, means for fastening ropes-to the ends of the racks,aV lever fulcrumed to the 3o central portion of the frame, a duplex pawl `pivoted in a recess at the lower end of the lever to alternatel;7 engage the slidable racks, pawls mounted at the-ends of the frame to' engage the racks, grooves in the outside faces of the racks, devices fixed to the frame-to enter the grooves, and ropes connected with the ends of the racks arranged andl combined to operate in the manner sot forth for the purposes stated. I

JAMES H. WINTEROWD.

NVitnesses:

A GEO. R. ARNOLD,

O.. P. HAYES. 

